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-## Class naming
+## CSS selectors
+Only use classes for CSS selectors, *never IDs* as they introduce unwanted specificity to the cascade. Using an ID as a css selector is like firing the first nuke; you begin a specifity war that can only escalate, with terrible consequence.
+
+To put it another way; Don't use a Sith Lord when just two Storm Troopers will suffice: [CSS Specificity Wars](http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css_specificity_wars.html)
+
+### Class naming convention
 Use dashes to create compound class names:
 
 ```css